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I stand by my recommendation for Roland/Edirol. The entry level model is labeled R-05,
As well as user reviews it's also helpful to look at the specification, and even the manual. .but best of all, there's a site here which has sound samples:- http://www.wingfieldaudio.com/portable-recorder-sound-samples.html For anyone interested, here's my reservations about the Roland gear. The R-05 has an unspecified angle between the mics, and the recording methods in the manual hint that this angle may even be 180 degrees. (and indeed, the appearance of the unit tends to confirm this, as does reference to the R-09HR) A 90 degree angle is what we're looking for to get a decent stereo recording of a solo instrument. Indeed the R-09 HR has a very wide polar pattern for the mics, the result being an unfocused stereo image of the instrument and more room sound for a given mic placement. ( and as the instrument is way off axis for both the mic capsules, you don't get the best frequency response). andy To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
